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Stars out to celebrate winter solstice on RTÉ
Updated / Tuesday, 15 Dec 2020
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Artists including Christy Moore, Clannad, Sharon Shannon, Damien Dempsey, Erica Cody, Crash Ensemble and the RTÉ Orchestras are uniting for
Shine Your Light - Solstice on RTÉ this Sunday, 20 December. This point of the year has always captured our imaginations, symbolising new beginnings and a turning of faces to the sun, say RTÉ and the Creative Ireland Programme.
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An incredible roll-call of Ireland’s finest artists are uniting to celebrate the winter solstice with RTÉ TV and radio specials this Sunday, December 20.
This point of the year has always captured our imaginations, symbolising new beginnings and a turning of faces to the sun. On the eve of the solstice, a joyful half- hour TV special full of colour, music and movement opens with a dance spectacular delivering a thrilling contemporary take on an ancient theme.
The exhilarating fusions continue with Damien Dempsey and Erica Cody each performing with Crash Ensemble, and Sharon Shannon and a bodhrán band coming together with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra for a tune. New writing includes an exploration of solstice by Marina Carr and Manchán Magan’s testament to the power of human touch.
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After releasing a haunting cover of the Rolling Stones classic, ‘Gimme Shelter’ late September, SON has now recorded an original single, ‘Almost,’ in anticipation of an upcoming solo album release.
A multi-instrumentalist and critically acclaimed performer, SON – aka Susan O’Neill from Ennis – is one of Ireland’s most celebrated emerging talents. With ‘Almost,’ SON shines as a solo artist, the tension in her raspy vocals immediately pulls you in with a sense of yearning; before the chorus crescendos, her voice soaring as she questions: “Can I trust you? If I trust you, how bad does it go?”
The mood is wanting, sharply pointing to the longing we must all feel in these isolated times. The caution before the leap into a new relationship is explored and over too quickly, leaving us an unanswered question, but with an inkling of hope.